Improvement in bobbin-holders for sewing-machines



R. T. GILLESPIE.

Bobbin-Holders for Sewing-Machines.

Patented Feb. 3.1874.

N0.I47,l23.

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ROBERT T. (rILLESPIE, OF MILLPORT, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOBBlN-HOLDERS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Speaifieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,l23, dated February 3, 1874; application filed April 16,1873.

Improvement in Bobbin Case or Holder in Combination with Drawers of Sewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

I The nature of my invention consists in providing the drawer of a sewing-machine with a case, holder, or receptacle for the reception of the bobbin and its thread.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de scribe more fully its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form parts of my specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the b0bblll-CZlSO detached from the drawer or other part of the sewingmachine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is atop view or plan of the drawer ot' a sewing-machine provided with the bobbin case or holder.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the bobbin-holder, which may be constructed of wood, as indicated at B; cast metal, as represented at O or of sheet metal, asshown at D; or they may be formed in the front end of the drawer f at e. The bobbin chamber It may extend through the case to the bottom of the drawer f, forming the bottom of the bobbin-chamber h, or the eha1n-.

ber h may extend nearly through the case, leaving sufficient material for forming the bottom of the chamber h, as indicated at k. The case containing the series of chambers for the bobbin maybe permanently secured to the sides of the drawers, as represented in Fig. 3, or they may be detachable and secured to the sides of the drawers of the sewing-machine by means of an attaching device, which will readily suggest itself to the mind of the skillful mechanic.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as of my invention is The bobbin-holder, constructed substantially as herein described, and arranged within the drawer of a sewing-machine table, as and for the purpose set forth.

ROBERT T. G-ILLESPIE.

'itnesses A. O. J OIINSTON, James .T. JOHNSTON. 

